For today's film from Amazon Prime, I had quite a choice, as I was now moving down a level in ratings. Decided on Crazy, Stupid, Love, in which Steve Carell's wife, Julianne Moore, tells him she's leaving him. In fact, she's having an affair with Kevin Bacon, who works with her. So, Steve's back on the dating scene again. His new pal, Ryan Gosling, takes him under his wing. We have Emma Stone as Ryan's love interest, and Marisa Tomei for Steve - who is also his son's teacher. Poor guy loses his good friend, John Carroll Lynch, over it - his wife decided they should side with Julianne in the marriage split. Anyway, promised to be fun.
My, this is a step above your average romcom. Starts out rather depressing, with Steve coming across as a bit hopeless - I was too sorry for him to find him funny. Things pick up dramatically, though, when Ryan appears - all suave sophistication, he takes Steve under his wing. Teaches him how to dress, how to chat up women - gets him down the gym, gets him a new haircut. And for the new and improved Steve, all sorts of things are possible..
In typical romcom fashion, however, there are multiple plotlines - most of them romantic - which end up intertwining. And as the film approached its hilarious climax, two things became apparent: firstly, I'd seen it before. Only remembered during the truly memorable final scenes. And secondly, the moral of the story is that true love conquers all. Ah, if only that were true.. but it sure improved my mood!
For tomorrow, jeez, London Social Detours finally has an afternoon Meetup again! She's reading from one of her Tudor books again - this time, it's a talk about Edward VI, Queen Jane, and Mary I. Well, it's ages since I was at a Meetup - it'll make a nice change, so I've signed up.
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